MRT-3 unloads 540 passengers at Cubao station after prepare motor conks out
Daphne Galvez
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Thursday morning commute for some 540 passengers of a southbound MRT-3 prepare turned tougher after they had been unloaded on the line’s Cubao station after the prepare conked out with {an electrical} motor failure.
Based on the MRT-3 administration, the passengers had been unloaded from the prepare on the Cubao station at 6:24 a.m. The passengers had been then allowed to board on the following prepare that arrived some 5 minutes later.
The road’s administration stated worn-out electrical sub-components of the motor equivalent to the principle chopper, regulator, and insulator triggered the failure.
DOTr MRT-3 ADVISORY
27 September 2018A Southbound (SB) prepare unloaded at Cubao station because of ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN OUR MOTOR at 6:24AM immediately.
The entire prepare was unloaded, with roughly 540 passengers.
Passengers had been loaded within the subsequent prepare which arrived 5 minutes… pic.twitter.com/YRjda8CRCC
— DOTr MRT-3 (@dotrmrt3) September 26, 2018
The administration nevertheless assured {that a} preventive upkeep test shall be finished and the defective electrical elements shall be changed.
As of 8 a.m., 14 trains had been operational on the road with headway or the ready time between two trains estimated at 7.5 minutes, the MRT-3 administration reported. /muf
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